The Royal Academy of Engineering Endorsement for Global Talent (Peer Review)

For a Global Talent (Peer Review) Endorsement application, applicants must work in an approved research discipline. This blog is the last of three which will look at who the endorsement application must be made to and which particular research disciplines are available to applicants.

The applicant's field will determine which body the application must be made to:

1. British Academy - for humanities and social science

2. Royal Society - for science and medicine

3. Royal Academy of Engineering – for engineering

The Royal Academy of Engineering Endorsement

All applicants must work in an approved research discipline. If the Home Office's approved list does not have a research discipline which covers the applicant’s specialist field then they will not be able to make the application. However, given the list is quite extensive, it is likely at least one of the approved research disciplines would be applicable.

Aerospace	Biomedical and Medical
Aerospace manufacturing Airlines Antennae Autonomous systems Avionics Materials for aerospace Radar Systems Satellite Systems Turbomachinery and aerothermal engineering	Biomaterials Bionanotechnology Drug delivery Forensics Medical devices Medical imaging Medical physics Medical robotics Neuroscience Optoelectronics Orthotics Rehabilitation Systems/synthetic biology
Chemical and Process	Civil, Construction & built environment
Carbon Catalysis Chemical Clean technology Coal and gas technologies Combustion Earth Science – Petroleum engineering Food processing Hydrogen Nanotechnology Petroleum geoscience Pharmaceuticals	Building engineering physics Climate change and sustainability Contamination Engineering design Environmental engineering Fire Geotechnical engineering Infrastructure Numerical modelling Offshore and coastal engineering Waste Management
Computing and Communications	Electrical and Electronic
Algorithms Artificial intelligence Computer vision Data science H-CI/C-HI Image processing Imaging Informatics Signal processing Software engineering Telecommunications Web and data science	​Acoustics Control Electrical materials Electromagnetic Electronic devices Lasers Microsystems Nanotechnology Networks Optoelectronics Power Semiconductor Sensors Signal Processing Wireless
Energy and Power	Innovation & Policy
Energy conservation Energy conversion technologies Energy Infrastructure Fuel cells Hydrogen Power Renewable Energy Nuclear energy Transmission and Distribution	Business Design Education Entrepreneurship Ethics Innovation IP Knowledge transfer Law Policy Public engagement Regulations Risk Sustainability
Materials and Mining	Special (including emerging or multi-disciplinary areas of engineering)
Materials performance Materials science Metallurgy Plastics and composites Structural integrity Structural materials Welding and joining technologies	Quantum computing Agricultural engineering Engineering project management Leadership or management of engineering business Engineering biology Machine learning Neurotechnology Quantum technologies Regenerative medicine/engineering Robotics
Transport and Mechanical
Acoustics and vibrations Automotive Fluid Dynamics Heat and Thermodynamics Mechatronics Rail and Marine engineering Transportation infrastructure Turbomachinery Ultrasonics

If you are considering making a Global Talent Peer Review endorsement application to the Royal Academy of Engineering, one of our experienced immigration advisors will be able to guide you through the process.